Reasons for Waking is a work of fiction in the Southern fiction, family saga, and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Karen Foster. In this heartfelt tale about family dynamics, secrets, hurting, and...

"Along the Watchtower" is the story of Lieutenant Freddie Williams who was severely injured by an IED when he was on patrol with his group in Iraq. The story proceeds on two levels: we follow along as he recovers from his injuries in the VA...

“The Cycle” by Jay Amberg is a very different, but very interesting, type of book. I am not sure how to classify it, but I think it should be required reading for a lot of people, from students to corporate CEO’s. The 'Cycle' Jay is...

A Ribbon of Sand by Mike Shannon is a gripping coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of a small island off the coast of South Carolina in 1982. Fifteen-year-old Ash Howe is unique in his neighborhood. He has long hair, loves heavy metal music, and...

Portrait In Broken Glass is a work of intellectual and introspective fiction created by author Richard Siciliano. Told in the form of a diary by the central character of the piece, we follow the inner and outer journey of a broken man, Joseph Curcio. As...

A unique and refreshing love story is chronicled in Looking Glass Friends: A Novel Inspired by Real Love Letters by E.L. Neve. The relationship that grows between Neil and Ellie begins with her gift to him of a book, Atlas Shrugged. Neil worked in the...

The Saga of Evil Monkey Man: Season One is an action and adventure graphic novel written by N. Blake Seals, with art by Butch Mapa. The bucolic nature of the little hamlet nestled on the North Shore of Long Island, Cold Spring Harbor, was disrupted...

Written by Sam Torode and featuring imaginative artwork by Tina Ritchie, The Dirty Parts of the Bible is an adventure graphic novel set in the first half of the twentieth century. Since he ditched church to go fishing on Easter Sunday, Tobias Henry has seen...

Out of the Rabbit Hutch is a work of historical fiction focused on culture and colonization, penned by author Nanette L. Avery. Set largely in America before and after the Civil War, in this story we meet Mallabal as he journeys from the destruction of...

In John W. Bebout's The Light from Darkness, we meet seventeen-year-old Teddy Miller in Great Tortugas, off the Florida Keys. It’s 1864, during the waning months of the Civil War, and this desolate island is the location of a Yankee prison. Teddy has gone there...

The Hell Run is a fictional take on Operation Open Door, a rescue operation of Norwegian civilians to England by the combined British Navy, American merchant convoys, and Russian forces during World War II. Author Anthony Palmiotti spins a moving tale of grit and courage...

The Aloha Spirit by Linda A. Ulleseit begins in 1922, with a heartbreaking opening line stating that seven-year-old Dolores is deemed useless by her father. He never said it to her directly, but this is what has been running through his mind. This is because...

Ripple in the Sea by Charley Pearson is the story of Kristy Hara, a Japanese-American girl who is trying to redeem her family name, only to find that it is far too dangerous and hard for a young girl like her. Kristy has never enjoyed...

Salvation in the Sun: Book One of The Lost Pharaoh Chronicles is a historical fiction novel by Lauren Merewether. The story is set in the religiously and politically turbulent, though artistically unique, Amarna period of ancient Egypt. It tells the story of Pharaoh Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten...

The Winds of Midnight: The Tragic Story of the Pattenburg Massacre by G. Gordon Long is a fictional story incorporating historical accounts of a violent riot fueled by racial tension which occurred in 1872 in the small village of Pattenburg, New Jersey. It resulted in...

The Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes: Enslavement in Southampton County, Virginia by David J. Mason tells the story of the author’s great-grandfather, Parson Sykes, and his journey to freedom during the Civil War. The author does a remarkable job of setting up the details of the...

The New Empire is a work of fiction in the historical, action, and alternative timeline subgenres. It is best suited to mature teen and adult readers owing to some scenes of graphic violence concurrent with history, and was penned by author Alison McBain. Set in...

The Courier's Wife: Book One Secrets of the Blue and Gray by Vanessa Lind is a historical novel that unravels in 1862 at the height of the American Civil War. Escaping from a privileged life in Indiana, Hattie Logan is determined to make a difference...

In The Belle of Oyster Bay by Angela Moody, the author has written a historically accurate period romance set during the War of Independence from England and King Georg III to become the America we now know. At that time the only inhabited area covered...

As a teenager in 1789, Mo’destee Vert was in love and happy with her upcoming role in her home village of Senegambia. A brilliant girl, gifted in so many ways, Mo’destee looked forward to her upcoming marriage to Jabari. Then the white men came, destroying...

The Bravest Soldiers: Love, loss, and longing in Australia during WWII is a work of fiction in the historical fiction, romance, and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is suitable for the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Elaine Aucoin Schroller. This heartfelt narrative...

On the Wings of the Red-Tailed Hawk by Gail Combs Oglesby is set in the founding days of colonial Massachusetts. Told in the voice of a fictional Mayflower passenger named Sarah, it vividly depicts the tremendous challenges, hardships, and suffering the colonists faced as they...

Time Passed by Robert Barlow, Jr. is a gut-wrenching reminder that good people are drawn into wars wherever they may occur, and not all conflicts are relatable to the society in which they live. This was particularly so for the Vietnam War, where sentiment for...

Concrete Wings: One Man’s Fifty Year Journey to Personal Freedom by Beverly Gandara is a historical novel that follows the life and struggles of Julian Vida, a Cuban immigrant, and his journey to inner freedom. It is the eve of the event that has come...

The Lines Between Us is a work of fiction in the historical, family drama, and contemporary mystery sub-genres, and was penned by author Rebecca D'Harlingue. Combining the seventeenth and twentieth centuries via the passage of time, letters, and diaries, this is an enthralling story about...

The Blue Butterfly is a work of fiction in the historical fiction and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Leslie Johansen Nack. In a fictionalized account of a real-world relationship, the book follows Marion Davies...

It was the beginning of the nineteenth century and ruthless pirates ruled the seas surrounding China and South East Asia. Just as Europeans were trying to exert their naval and cultural power on the Chinese and others in the region, one group was determined to...

The Treason of Betsy Ross: A Woman of the Revolution Novel by Wendy Long Stanley is set in 18th-century Philadelphia where Betsy forges her independence while working for John Webster at an upholstery shop. As the Townshend Duties stir up political activism, Betsy, a Quaker,...

Tatae's Promise is a work of fiction in the historical, family saga, and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by author team Sherry Maysonave and Moises J. Goldman. Readers will find themselves immersed in an...

Two Of A Kind by Gail Meath is a crime mystery drama about Jax Diamond and Ace. Jax and Ace are the best crime-solving duo in New York this Christmas, and they do not even know it. The two meet by chance and share a...

In Countdown to Christmas (Holiday Countdown Series Book 1) by Dianna Houx, after the doctor tells her this could be her granny’s last Christmas, Grace is determined to make Christmas something special and she will do whatever it takes to make it the best one...

Return to the Town Beneath the Christmas Tree: Twisted Family Holidays is a holiday-themed novella for young adults and preteens written by J.R. Wirth. While this year’s Christmas cheer was still subdued in a big way by the deaths of Jacob and his mom, there...

Unlike a lot of people, I’m not that big on Christmas, but the idea of An Unconventional Christmas caught my attention. What was author Tara Fox Hall's vision of an “unconventional” Christmas? Would I agree and even enjoy her concept? When Hall introduced her protagonist,...

Twisting Further into Darkness is a horror anthology by J. R. Gridley. The book is a collection of five short stories that are interconnected with each other. That is, the events taking place in each story are related to each other and they all take...

There's Blood on the Moon Tonight is a retro-horror in the classic style of human-driven supernatural macabre wherein author Bryn Roar centers the story on a remote locale and a group of misfits known as the Creeps. Nothing good ever comes from a covert government...

Latham's Landing by Tara Fox Hall is a trilogy of stories, all set in Latham’s Landing, a Cairn Isle well-known for its hauntings – and mysterious disappearances. All That Remains tells the story of Sandra. She has visited the isle with Tina, her best friend,...

Touched by Darkness is a work of fiction in the horror, suspense, and paranormal drama subgenres and was penned by author Barb Shadow. Written for the adult reading audience, the work contains scenes of graphic violence and forms the fourth book in the From the...

Initiate of Darkness (From the Darkness) by Barb Shadow is suspenseful horror fiction. Olivia is close to her foster brother, Seth, and always has been. But when his friend dies, Seth struggles to cope, becoming angry and depressed. Olivia has a fascination with all things...

Finding a portal through an Ouija board, a demonic entity destroys lives for over five decades in the paranormal horror novel, Invitation to Darkness by Barb Shadow. In 1939, Maggie Borden dies leaving behind her grieving husband, Ezra, and her young son, J.P. Blaming J.P....

A Man Walks Into a Bank is a crime comedy-drama novel by Lucky Stevens. Ellis Coldwater is part of a five-man crew that plans to rob a bank. Led by a hardened criminal named Salty, the operation involves kidnapping the bank manager, George Larkin, and...